and matt welch, editor at large with reason magazine.let me start with you, can the democrats capitalize on what happened there in alabama on tuesday or was this simply a victory over a deeply flawed republican candidate? >> well, it was the worst candidate of my lifetime. but look, as you know, alabama is the second most partisan state in the country. democrats hadn't won a senate seat there in 25 years. they hadn't won a statewide race there in over a decade. what you're seeing is democrats being able to compete in places that traditionally they've not been able to do. and, you know, i think what the dnc and the democrats in d.c. ought to do is, you know, stop talking and go down to alabama and learn the lessons. and so, you know, i do think this puts the senate in play, which three months ago, craig, you and i wouldn't have thought was true. and the house has been in play for a while. >> you think nevada's up for grabs, you think arizona's up for grabs? >> oh, absolutely. >> you think tennessee's up for grabs? >> i do. we have an unbe

jennifer rubin and matt welch. belated merry christmas to you guys. happy new year as well. >>> today defense secretary james maddog mattis spoke to reporters at the pentagon. they talked about isis, north korea and more. hans nichols is going to join me. >>> also more on the horrible tragedy in new york. 12 people killed in a fire that raced through an apartment building in the bronx. the fdny reporting that a little boy may have started the accident. whoooo. looking for a hotel that fits... ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over... ...200 sites to find you the... ...hotel you want at the lowest price. grazi, gino! find a price that fits. tripadvisor. i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. >>> defense secretary mattis met with reporters at the pentagon today. the candid conversation lasted for about an hour. he talked about the fight against isis calling it a diminished brand. >> i think it's a brand with a diminishing

and one of my favorites, reason "reason" magazine editor matt welch. welcome, everyone. so much fun. so, lisa, why did roy moore refuse to con creadt? is there some legitimacy to his gripe or is he just nuts? >> i don't think this is helping his case that he knows when no means no. so many people who did support him on a national level are saying i supported burke first. kennedy: he said there is so much fraud in alabama. people who study fraud, looked at it. >> it's amazing to watch the quality of the legal analysis in his brief. part of it was i passed lie detector test. we know that has a lot to do with voting integrity. whether you passed a lie detector test. kennedy: did they ask about voting integrity? he said out of state voters were voting. matt: roy moore is like the voting troll. this election fraud fantasy. donald trump still says and it's not re:fewed. that 3 to 5 million people -- kennedy: i worked in polling places in los angeles county. and you have to go in and get a provisional ballot without a driver's license. but the county still has to vet the provis

jessica tarlov is here, along with a legend in the liberty movement, matt welch, and former new york congresswoman nan hayward returns. nan, of all of us here, you are the only one who sat in congress. what do you think of the tax plan? >> i think it's a tremendous step forward. can it be improved upon? sure. but it represents a real return of resources, capital and control to the american citizens. that's what we need. when i was in congress i saw the way government squanders your money because government is political. everything government does is done with cronies. kennedy: what do libertarians get out of this bill? what is the libertarian perspective. >> the best thing you get is a lower tax rate exceptn if you live in new york and work in the media. but the vast majority of americans you pay federal income tax plus kerp raitions. the flip side of that is we are getting to a stage now where the committee for responsible budget says we'll get to the trillion dollar deficit as soon as next year. increasing the deficit by $1.5 trillion. that has an impact on economic growth. what i

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colonel ralph peters and nan hayworth and matt welch. i'll see you tomorrow night. . >> there's a saying, "the cowards didn't come." so you had to be brave. >> he truly was the john wayne of the 19th century. >> he leaves behind a trunk of relics... and a classic, woven into the fabric of america itself. >> there was a pair of old blue jeans in here. >> what'd they look like? >> they said that they were the oldest unworn pair they had ever seen. >> that's unbelievable. >> so are the lengths to which folks go for vintage old denim. >> finding any levi's pre-1900 is a massive rarity. that's the holy grail. >> what do you think they're worth? ♪ [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] ♪ >> i'm jamie colby in tucson, arizona. wagon trains used to pass right through here on their way to california during the gold rush, and one of the rough-and-ready pioneers who helped settle this area left behind a very strange inheritance. i'm here to get the skinny on it. >> my name's jock taylor. in 2009, i inherited a wooden trunk

matt welch, "reason" magazine's editor-at-large. julia, what can you tell us about this doj report and how is the doj responding to it? >> there were some fairly egregious points that came out just in the summary of the inspector general's report which we have to remember came out in june. it's just coming to light now in part because our national conversation has shifted where we're taking allegations of sexual harassment more seriously, perhaps, in light of the harvey weinstein scandal. also, because "the washington post" was able to get more details. some of these details include an fbi supervisor who subjected his subordinate to three years of harassment. this person was told to sign a pledge to refrain from conduct and was counselled. that still continued. another piece that "the washington post" found, a deputy u.s. marshal had sex with nine women in his office. these are the kind of things -- >> how many? how many women? >> approximately nine. >> really? >> yes. that came from a freedom of information act from "the washington

matt welch with reason, a monthly magazine. and larry mann, who helped write the federal railroad safety act in 1970. larry, what jumped out when you saw what happened yesterday? >> several things jumped out. one is had there been two competent crew members on the locomotive, if there had been distraction, if there had been some reason for the engineer not to be alert. the second crew person could have and would have warned the engineer to slow down. that's one thing i would hope the ntsb would focus on. the safety benefits of having two qualified persons on the locomotive. the other thing that jumped out to me is fatigue. fatigue is probably the largest single safety factor in the rail industry that causes the most accidents and injuries nationwide. i'm sure that the ntsb will investigate the workweek of this engineer to determine whether or not he was fatigued. i know that in many, many accidents throughout the country, this is a primary issue that causes accidents and incidents. >> it absolutely causes accidents. when you th

matt welch, editor at large for reason, a libber tarn monthly magazine. maya, i got to start with you. is this the end of the road for al franken? does he have a choice here? >> don't think he has a choice. you've got 35 democrats. your own caucus is not standing by here and saying it's time for you to resign. i think that this is an example of the fact that we ought to be holding elected officials to the highest standards when it comes to issues like this, that they're in positions of public trust and if you violate the public trust, there are consequences for that and there has to be accountability. i think that's what you saw, you know, senator after senator come out yesterday and stand up for starting with the women who stood up and said that enough is enough, it's time to resign. >> okay, but is this not an odd tipping point? we had at least half a dozen women accuse franken of inappropriate behavior. then on the day that the seventh and eighth women come out, the dam breaks. >> you needed al frank on the tax vote which was razor thin and then the sp

matt welch is the editor at large of "reason" magazine.d stipulate that you can make what you want of this particular "new york times" story. they cite this to their sources. they've printed that. the white house denies it. but we know the tone, carrie, that the president uses to address these issues, the sort of -- the bluntness of those comments. negativity and even hostility of those comments is not really at odds with things he said publicly. i think back to his speech announcing his candidacy when he talked about mexicans coming across the border. only in passing after saying rapists and murderers. he said i suppose some of them are good people. this is the tone. how does that affect when the president of the united states is talking that way, how does that affect the united states standing in this world? >> sure. so again, as you noted, the most inflammatory comments have been disputed by other people who were in the meeting as well. so that is important to note in addition to the official comments from the white house. but i think i